Roberta “Bobbie” DeKemper

Two State Championships in 1977 and 1979, East Chicago Roosevelt

HIGH SCHOOL:

Marian Heights Academy (1966)

COLLEGE:

Purdue University (1973)

Coached for 17 years in East Chicago … 11 Years as the head coach at East Chicago Roosevelt … 4 years at East Chicago Central High School … coaching record of 263-56 … from 1976-1979 her teams won 91 of 93 games and captured two state championships … conducted basketball clinics in Chad and Zaire … coached national team in Cameroon in 1986 … coach of the year awards in 1977, 1978, and 1987 … inducted into East Chicago Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.